(transitive) to close, shut / (transitive) to plug up, stop up / (transitive) to block, cover, conceal, hide, obscure; to veil / (transitive) to close down, shut down; to suppress, abolish / (transitive) to turn off / (transitive) to drop (a matter) / (transitive) to lock up (someone, something) in / (transitive) to close up (distance), reduce